By Ray Humphreys
Author of “By Hook or by Cook,” etc.
The sheriff of Monte Vista had the blues, and had them bad. He looked up and scowled blackly as his youthful deputy, “Shorty” McKay, came into the office, whistling.
“Ain’t nuthin’ on yuhr single-track brain,” snapped Sheriff Joe Cook, peevishly, “so quit tootin’ fer the crossin’!”
Shorty smiled indulgently at his worried boss.
“Sheriff,” said Shorty, soothingly, “yuh’re jus’ broodin’ yuhrself sick. I say that my advice is—don’t sell yuhr spuds on a fallin’ market, an’ leave that guy ‘Foxy’ Fromera to me to handle.”
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